(M) L2.3: RA 11223 - Universal Healthcare Act Flashcards
This law aims to ensure ______ access to quality and affordable healthcare and protection against financial risk
Equitable
The law aims to progressively realize universal healthcare through what 2 aspects?
- Systemic approach
- Clear role delineation
Declaration of Principles (fill in the blanks):
An ______ and ________ approach to:
- ensure health literacy, healthy living, and protection from hazards and risk
- provide comprehensive health services without financial hardship
Integrated and Comprehensive
Declaration of Principles (fill in the blanks):
A whole of ______, ______, and ________ approach in the development of policies
System, Government, and Society (SGS)
Declaration of Principles (fill in the blanks):
A ______-centered approach revolving around everyone’s needs and well-being policies
People
What is the FULL TITLE of RA 11223?
An Act Instituting Universal Healthcare for All Filipinos, Prescribing Reforms in the Healthcare System, and Appropriating Funds Thereof
It is the policy of the State to protect and promote the right to _____ of all Filipinos and instill health consciousness among them
Health
What Declaration of Principles and Policies does this statement fall under?
To ensure that all Filipinos are literate, provided with healthy living conditions, and are protected from hazards that could affect their health
An integrated and comprehensive approach
What Declaration of Principles and Policies does this statement fall under?
This provides access to quality and cost-effective, promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative health services without causing financial hardship
This also prioritizes the needs of the population who cannot afford such services
A health care model
What Declaration of Principles and Policies does this statement fall under?
This fosters a whole-of-system, whole-of-government, and whole-of-society approach in the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of health policies, programs, and plans
A framework
What Declaration of Principles and Policies does this statement fall under?
This is centered on people’s needs and wellbeing and is cognizant of the differences in culture, values, and beliefs
A people-oriented approach for the delivery of health services
This law aims to establish what 3 healthy environments?
Living, Schooling, and Working Environments
Ideally, every family must have what type of healthcare provider?
Primary care provider team
T or F: Health spending is unpredictable as there is no clear basis for what health services PhilHealth can cover per member
False (it is predictable in a sense that you know that not everything, only some, will be covered by the government)
Financing: Eliminating Redundancies
Identify whether this is population-based or individual-based health services:
> shall be financed by the national government through the DOH and LGUs provided free of charge at point of service for all Filipinos
Population-based
Financing: Eliminating Redundancies
Identify whether this is population-based or individual-based health services:
Interventions such as health promotion disease surveillance, and vector control, which have community groups as recipients
Population-based
Financing: Eliminating Redundancies
Identify whether this is population-based or individual-based health services:
> shall be financed through repayment mechanisms to ensure predictability of health expenditures to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) e.g. social health insurance, private health insurance, and HMOs
Individual-based
Financing: Eliminating Redundancies
Identify whether this is population-based or individual-based health services:
Services which can be accessed within a health facility or remotely that can be definitively traced back to one (1) recipient, has limited effect at a population level and does not alter the underlying cause of illness such as ambulatory and inpatient care, medicines, laboratory tests and procedures among others
Individual-based
This entity shall support the LGUs in financing of capital investments and provision of population-based interventions
The National Government
Financing: Simplifying Membership
These are members who:
> have the capacity to pay premiums
> are employed and are bound by an employer-employee relationship
> are self-earning, professional practitioners, migrant workers, including their qualified dependents and lifetime members
Direct Contributors
Financing: Simplifying Membership
These are members who are not included in the other category as well as their qualified dependents, whose premium shall be subsidized by the national government including those who are subsidized as a result of special laws
Indirect Contributors
Financing: Simplifying Membership
These members pay premium rates that shall be in accordance with a schedule, and monthly income floor and ceiling
Direct Contributors
Financing: Simplifying Membership
These members’ premium subsidies shall be gradually adjusted and included annually in the General Appropriations Act (GAA)
Indirect Contributors
What act allows for the adjustment of subsidies given to indirect contributors?
General Appropriations Act (GAA)
T or F: For direct contributors, the funds shall be released to PhilHealth
False (indirect)
Who shall the DOH and PhilHealth request for appropriate supplemental funding from to meet targeted milestones for indirect contributors?
Congress
T or F: For every decrease in the rate of contribution of direct contributors and premium subsidy of indirect contributors, there shall be a corresponding increase in benefits
False (increase in rate = increase in benefits and vice versa)
*The more the government charges, the more benefits you get
Financing: Pooling Funds to PhilHealth
This source of fund describes an excise tax on specific goods and services due to their ability, or perception, to be harmful or costly to society
Total incremental sin tax collections
Financing: Pooling Funds to PhilHealth
What percentage of National Government share from the income of the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) shall be given to PhilHealth?
50%
Financing: Pooling Funds to PhilHealth
What percentage of the Charity Fund, net of Documentary Stamp Tax Payments, and mandatory contributions of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) shall be given to PhilHealth?
40%
T or F: The regular contributions of PhilHealth members is a major source of funding for the corporation
False (premium)
Annual appropriations of what government entity included in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) shall be given to PhilHealth?
DOH
T or F: National Government subsidy to PhilHealth included in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) is a source of funding
True
PhilHealth shall shift to _____-driven, close end, prospective payments
Performance-driven
T or F: PhilHealth aims to have no differentiation between facility and professional fees
True
T or F: PhilHealth shall develop differential payments considering service quantity
False (service quality)
*your costs will mostly depend on the quality of care you receive, not per quantity
The DOH and LGUs shall provide a system that will afford primary care providers acting as what?
(3 answers)
- Navigator
- Coordinator
- Initial and continuing point of contact
Only when can a higher level of care be coordinated by the family’s primary care provider?
- Emergencies/serious cases
- When proximity is a concern
T or F: Every Filipino shall register with a public or private primary care provider of their choice
True
Province/city-wide health systems shall pool and manage all resources intended for health services to finance population and individual-based health services, health system operating costs, capital investments, remuneration of additional health workers, and incentives for all health workers through what?
Special Health Fund
Who shall develop guidelines for the use of the Special Health Fund?
DOH in consultation with the Department of Budget and Management and LGUs
These 4 entities shall endeavor to integrate health systems into province-wide and city-wide health systems
DOH, DILG (Dept. of Interior and Local Government), PhilHealth, and the LGUs
These shall oversee and coordinate the integration of health services for province-wide and citywide health systems
The Provincial and City Health Boards
T or F: The Provincial and City Health Boards are to be composed of municipal and component city health systems, and city-wide health systems in highly urbanized and dependent
component cities, respectively
False (independent)
Municipalities and cities included in health systems shall be entitled to a _______ in the Provincial or City Health Board
Representative
T or F: PhilHealth shall endeavor to contract public, private, or mixed health care provider networks for the delivery of individual-based health services
True
These shall agree to service quality, copayment/co-insurance, and data submission standards
Healthcare provider networks
During the transition, PhilHealth and DOH shall ______ health care providers that form networks
Incentivize
What institutions may be contracted as stand-alone health care providers by PhilHealth?
Apex or End-Referral Hospitals
Which entities shall manage the Special Health Fund?
Province/City-wide Health Systems
The National Government is to provide technical and financial support to LGUs that commit the province-wide integration in the first ______ years
6
The 6-year technical and financial support of the National Government to the LGUs will consist of what 2 activities?
- Managerial integration of province/city-wide systems (first 3 years)
- Financial integration (next 3 years)
All local health systems will be integrated through an issuance of an E.O. by the President only upon positive recommendation by what and who?
An independent study and the Secretary of Health
PhilHealth payments shall accrue to the Special Health Fund and be credited as the ______ of the LGU?
Annual Regular Income (ARI)
What 4 entities are responsible for developing and planning the expansion of existing and new allied health-related degree and training programs?
CHED, TESDA, PRC and DOH
What 4 entities are responsible for regulating the number of enrollees in each program based on the health needs of the population especially those in underserved areas?
CHED, TESDA, PRC and DOH
What 2 entities shall expand scholarship grants for allied and health-related undergraduate and graduate programs?
CHED and DOH
Scholarships shall be based on the needed _____ of national/local health managers and health professionals
Cadre (a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession)
Who shall be given priority in the scholarship distribution?
Bona fide residents of unserved/underserved areas or members of indigenous groups
What 2 entities shall set up a registry of medical and allied health professionals indicating their current number of practitioners and location of practice?
PRC and DOH
What 3 entities shall reorient the ff.:
- medical and allied medical professional education
- health professional certification and regulation
CHED, PRC, and DOH
All graduates who are recipients of a government-funded scholarship program shall be bound by what contract?
Return Service Agreement (RSA)
Those under the Return Service Agreement are required to serve how many years?
At least 3 full years (w/ compensation and supervision of the DOH)
Those under the Return Service Agreement are required to serve for 3 years in what areas?
Priority areas in the public sector
Those who’ve served the initial 3 years of the Return Service Agreement shall be incentivized by doing what?
Serving for an additional 2 years
This system shall be created to support local public health systems in addressing their human resource needs
National Health Workforce (NHW) Support System
The National Health Workforce (NHW) Support System shall prioritize deployment to what areas?
Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDAs)
There should be _______ pricing of health goods and services
Transparent
These shall procure drugs and devices guided by price reference indices, following centrally negotiated prices, sell them following the prescribed maximum mark-ups, and submit to DOH a price list of all drugs and devices procured and sold
DOH-owned health care providers
This board is composed of representatives from the DOH,
PhilHealth and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), among others
Independent price negotiation board
T or F: The negotiated price in the framework contract shall be applicable for all health care providers under CHD
False (DOH)
These shall be required at all times to carry the generic equivalent of all drugs in the Primary Care Formulary
Drug Outlets
These shall be required to provide customers with a list of therapeutic equivalents and then corresponding prices when fulfilling prescriptions or in any transaction
Drug Outlets
A coordination mechanism between PhilHealth, PHIs and HMOs shall be set up to ensure that no benefits shall be unnecessarily ________
Dropped
Government hospitals are required to operate with not less than _____% of their bed capacity as basic or ward accommodation
90% (90 basic: 10 non-basic)
Specialty Hospitals are required to operate with not less than ____% of the bed capacity as basic or ward accommodation
70% (70 basic: 30 non-basic)
Private Hospitals are required to operate with not less than _____% of their bed capacity as basic or ward accommodation
10% (10 basic: 90 non-basic)
T or F: Only government hospitals are required to regularly submit a report on the allotment/percentage of their bed capacity to basic or ward accommodation to DOH
False (ALL hospitals)
The _____ shall institute a licensing and regulatory system for stand-alone health facilities, including those providing ambulatory and primary care services
DOH
This refers to the provision of regular meals, beds in shared a room, fan ventilation, and a shared toilet and bath
Basic Accomodation
This refers to features of the health services that provide comfort or convenience such as private accommodation, air conditioning, telephone, and choice of meals
Amenities
The DOH shall strengthen national efforts in providing a ______ and _______ approach to health development
Comprehensive and Coordinated
The DOH puts emphasis on scaling up _______ and preventive care
Health Promotion
The DOH shall transform its existing Health Promotion and Communication Service into a full-fledged Bureau called?
Health Promotion Bureau (to improve health literacy and mainstream health promotion and protection)
There should be a mandatory use of ______ systems and submission of health and financial data
IT (information technology)
This shall be required for policies, programs, and projects that are crucial in attaining better health outcomes or those that may have an impact on the health sector
Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
This process shall be institutionalized as a transparent priority setting mechanism that shall be recommendatory to the DOH and PhilHealth
Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
Investments on any health technology or development of any benefit package by the DOH and PhilHealth shall be based on the positive recommendations of what?
Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
This bureau shall formulate a framework strategy for health promotion
Health Promotion Bureau
Within how many years from the effectivity of this Act shall the cost of implementing health promotion programs be at least 1% of the DOH’s total budget appropriations?
2 years
Within 2 years from the effectivity of this Act, the cost of implementing health promotion programs shall be at least ____% of the DOH’s total budget appropriations
1%
The schools under the supervision of DepEd are designated as ________ for the purpose of this Act
Healthy Settings
This entity shall formulate programs and modules on health literacy and rights to be integrated into the existing school curricula
DepEd in coordination with the DOH
These are directed to enact stricter ordinances that strengthen and broaden existing health policies and implement effective programs that promote health literacy and healthy lifestyle among their constituencies
LGUs
All health service providers and insurers are to maintain a _____ to be electronically uploaded on a regular basis through the interoperable system
Health Information System (HIS)
What are the 4 elements in a Health Information System?
» Enterprise resource planning
» Human resource information
» Electronic health records
» Electronic prescription log
What element comprises of the HEIGHT dimension in the box model?
Financial Coverage
What element comprises of the WIDTH dimension in the box model?
Service Coverage
What element comprises of the LENGTH dimension in the box model?
Population Coverage
The health information system shall be developed and funded by the ____ and _____
DOH and PhilHealth
RA 11223 was recently signed under who’s administration?
Pres. Duterte
This law states that every Filipino shall automatically be a member of what?
PhilHealth
T or F: HMOs are private while PhilHealth is public (government)
True
This makes PhilHealth billings predictable as there is a code for every disease possible
DRG (diagnosis related groups)
RA 11223’s dry run period should have been done in 2020 but was stopped due to what?
Pandemic